Conditions & Diseases

An over­ac­tive blad­der can dis­rupt your every­day liv­ing. You may feel embar­rassed, iso­late your­self, or lim­it your work and social life. But there are ways to take back control.

An asth­ma attack occurs when your bronchial tubes (which car­ry air to and from the lungs) become inflamed after expo­sure to cer­tain trig­gers. As they become inflamed, the bronchial tubes nar­row, mak­ing it hard­er for air to pass through. As a result, it can be dif­fi­cult to catch your breath or breathe nor­mal­ly. Dur­ing an asth­ma attack, it is com­mon to expe­ri­ence symp­toms such as cough­ing, short­ness of breath and wheezing.

Oto­scle­ro­sis, or ear drum scar­ring, can affect patients at any age and gen­er­al­ly wors­ens with time. After a patient under­goes a hear­ing test or audio­gram, an oto­laryn­gol­o­gist can deter­mine if a patient has ear drum scar­ring and if it can be treated.

Learn more about min­i­mal­ly-inva­sive treat­ment and surgery options for kid­ney can­cer (partial/​full nephrec­to­my) through the use of the da Vin­ci Sur­gi­cal System.

Can­cer, in gen­er­al, is a scary term. Edu­cat­ing your­self about can­cer and know­ing about the spe­cif­ic type of can­cer you are fac­ing can help you make deci­sions in your treat­ment plan. Let’s take a clos­er look at pan­cre­at­ic cancer.

Have you ever devel­oped a small cyst in the crease of your but­tocks or tail­bone? It may have been a small dim­ple, or could have start­ed that way and devel­oped into a large and painful mass. This con­di­tion is caused by pilonidal dis­ease and there are more than 70,000 cas­es diag­nosed in the US each year.

Tin­ni­tus is a symp­tom asso­ci­at­ed with many forms of hear­ing loss. It can also be a symp­tom of oth­er health prob­lems. Rough­ly 25 mil­lion Amer­i­cans have expe­ri­enced tin­ni­tus. Some cas­es are so severe that it inter­feres with a per­son­’s dai­ly activ­i­ties. Peo­ple with severe cas­es of tin­ni­tus may find it dif­fi­cult to hear, work, or even sleep.

Esophageal Can­cer is a dis­ease that results from can­cer cells form­ing in the esoph­a­gus – the mus­cu­lar tube that car­ries food from the mouth to the stomach.